Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Barnacle Goose - 6 west past Hengistbury
Mandarin Duck - 2 Poole Park
Ring-necked Duck - female type again at Silverlake (East Lake)
Velvet Scoter - juvenile still at Longham Lakes (on South Lake)
Goosander - 2 on R Frome at Lewell Mill, 1 Silverlake (East Lake)
Black-necked Grebe - 4 Wareham Channel, 1 Studland Bay
Knot - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Sanderling - 5 Brownsea Lagoon
Golden Plover - 4 over Hengistbury
Greenshank -  10 Brownsea Lagoon
Spoonbill - 56 Brownsea Lagoon
Great White Egret - 1 Silverlake
ISABELLINE SHRIKE sp - 1st winter still in weedy field north of Pound Lane/Wavering Lane in Gillingham (ST794269)
Yellow-browed Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Careys Secret Garden (the 5th of the autumn)
Pallas's Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at PBO
Radde's Warbler - 1 Reap Lane Barn  (Portland)
Garden Warbler - 1 trapped & ringed at Durlston CP (latest ever for site)
Firecrest - 2 Hengistbury, 2 Brownsea Island, 1 Durlston CP, 1 trapped & ringed at Wild Woodbury DWT, 1 Silverlake
Ring Ouzel - 1 Briantspuddle WMs, 2 Christchurch Harbour area
Black Redstart - 1 Chiswell (Portland)
Water Pipit - 1 trapped & ringed at Lytchett Fields RSPB
Brambling - 15 past Hengistbury
Hawfinch - 1 Avalanche Road Hump (Portland)
Little Bunting - 1 briefly at Hengistbury Head this morning

Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham © Alan Membury

Isabelline Shrike, Gillingham © Alan Membury